Li Wenjun stood on stage, his face a mask of extre embarrassnt.
He looked flustered, stuttering as he said, "The voice in that recording; it-it’s not . It was doctored. Soone mimicked my voice... Ji Baixin, how could you stoop so low? You would go to such lengths just to get your revenge! I’m telling you, I’m going to call the police! I’ll use legal ans to protect my innocence, my reputation!"
"Go ahead and call them," Ji Baixin responded, "when the police co, they can retrieve your call logs. Then everyone can see if you’ve been in communication with Anna or not and the truth will be laid bare."
"You, you, you... I don’t even know what to say to you anymore! You won’t get away with slandering this much. I originally intended to have a fair match with you, but seeing as you’re playing such dirty tricks, I don’t have ti for this. Go on and perform your little show..." As he spoke, Li Wenjun tried to leave.
Could he still defend himself and save face, without looking like a complete clown after being thoroughly exposed?
Ji Baixin smiled coldly, "Li Wenjun, I’m not finished."
Li Wenjun looked at her.
"Our feud doesn’t end here," Ji Baixin stated, "Are you leaving because you have a guilty conscience?"
"I just don’t want to waste my ti on a person like you. I feel it’s not worth it."
"Is it because you think it’s not worth it, or you’re too embarrassed! The caras are rolling, and this is all being live stread," she pointed towards the cara.
Li Wenjun’s face turned white as a sheet.
"You’re just trying to set up!" Li Wenjun exclaid.
Ji Baixin no longer engaged with him. She had presented plenty of evidence. Despite Li Wenjun’s efforts to refute and quibble, the facts laid before them didn’t allow him to continue lying. Ji Baixin slightly shifted the topic, "Didn’t you say I was indecisive about Yin Qin? Didn’t you say we broke up because I was flirtatious? Now, in front of the national audience, I will respond to everything you have accused of. Before I answer, there is sothing I’d like everyone to see."
As she spoke, nurous photos of Li Wenjun appeared on the big screen.
Embarrassing photos, which we had to blur as they were deed inappropriate for live streaming.
Li Wenjun was utterly stunned.
The screen featured photographs of him with various wealthy won over the years, most of whom were old enough to be his mother. They were kissing, hugging affectionately, even staged photos from them on a bed...
"Turn it off, you turn that off right now!" Li Wenjun yelled frantically.
Ji Baixin paid him no attention.
After the photos were shown, a video began to play.
A foreign man with blue eyes and pale skin said, "LEE, he’s a designer like . He doesn’t have much talent but he knows how to please rich won. They always fund his personal exhibitions. Everyone in our circle knows how he got his way to the top."
Another designer spoke, "Within our circle, LEE isn’t really considered a skilled designer. I heard he returned to his holand because Yanshang Country has very few decent designers, and he’s apparently doing quite well there."
Yet another designer comnted, "When LEE was in our design departnt, he was only in charge of so peripheral products. He was promoted to senior designer so we could penetrate the Yanshang Country’s market. Moreover, many of his designs were assisted by other influential figures. That’s why he has achieved so success in these years."
...
"Who are these people you’ve brought here to fra ! Ji Baixin, you’re heartless and ungrateful! After all I’ve done for you, you treat this way!" Li Wenjun yelled harshly, cursing on stage with no regard for his image.
Ji Baixin chuckled, "These people may be blurred out, but I’m sure you recognize them. Whether they’re telling the truth or not, you know in your heart."
"It’s not true, none of it’s true! I reached where I am now because of my own abilities. You just can’t stand to see thrive, can you!" Li Wenjun, looking like a madman, lost his composure on stage.
He lunged at Ji Baixin uncontrollably in that mont.
Fortunately, the security guards quickly rushed in and restrained him.
Li Wenjun’s face twisted into a vicious snarl.
"Let go, let go. I’m going to kill this bitch, kill this whore! She’s the one who got involved with Yin Qin, but she’s blaming , saying I’m the one who’s dirty. She’s the one who’s dirty!" Li Wenjun scread and caused a scene.
He was completely out of control.
This man, who was always courteous and gentle in public, had turned into a disgraceful spectacle. No one sympathized with him. They felt disgusted by Li Wenjun.
Disgust to the point of nausea.
How could there be such a shaless man in this world? He even tried to shift the bla for his own deeds onto others. Even when the truth was out, he kept lying.
It was utterly revolting.
Li Wenjun was forcefully pulled off the stage by security.
"Since young, I’ve never liked deceit and cheating ways, so I was dissatisfied with my family. I felt living in such an environnt was exhausting, and I resented all forms of injustice. That’s why I fell for Li Wenjun at university. I appreciated his purity and determination. However, now I see how grossly mistaken I was. My stubbornness and my so-called pride have brought so much trouble and heartbreak to my family... At the ti I chose to leave ho, I swore never to return. But now..." Ji Baixin’s eyes welled up with tears.
It was as if she had a realisation in that mont.
She said, "But now, I regret it. Dad, mom, big brother, Baili -- I’m sorry. I ask for your forgiveness for my foolishness. I thought that by leaving you all, I would lead a more refined life. I didn’t realize that the truly evil thing in this world isn’t money, but the human heart. I finally understand how terrifying the human heart can be, and I finally know that what I should despise isn’t my background but my own distorted mindset, my failure to see you all as family. I was wrong, and I hope you can forgive ."
Finishing her speech,
Ji Baixin bowed deeply.
As she bowed, tears streaming down her face.
The audience suddenly erupted into applause.
It seed like everyone was encouraging Ji Baixin.
One audience mber shouted, "Ji Baixin, family issues don’t last. I’m sure your family will forgive you."
Ji Baixin gave a slight smile in the audience’s direction.
She wiped her tears and apologized to the judges, "I’m sorry. I invited you all here but subjected you to such a farcical scene. I’m truly sorry."
Again, she bowed.
It was at this mont that Mr. Daniel and Darren were finally able to process what was happening.
He froze.
Given that this was being livestread, how could he appear as if he had no interest in the gossip and drama unfolded just now? How could he make himself appear serious and professional?
He cleared his throat, his voice steady, "Indeed, it was quite farcical."
"I’m sorry." Ji Baixin said again.
Daniel. Darren nodded slightly.
He suddenly stood up from his seat.
Ji Baixin was sowhat puzzled as she watched him.
Daniel studied Ji Baixin’s dress, appreciating its skilful details. It was much better than he had anticipated. Deeply ingrained in him was the notion that Yanshang Country had no real fashion designers, with its overly traditional and rigid citizens lacking creativity.
Okay then.
He had to admit, he had always looked down on everyone else.
A habit he’d never been able to kick since birth.
He said, "Since you’re here, tell about your inspiration for this dress."
Ji Baixin was taken aback.
She hadn’t expected Daniel to take interest in her design.
It took her a while to react, "The inspiration... my inspiration ca from a friend. When I was designing, I always thought of ’unrequited love’ as sothing unattainable, a form of incomplete beauty, but he told that his understanding of ’unrequited love’ was obsession, sothing inappropriate, sothing forbidden. So, I chose this deep, oppressive, yet noble shade of gray, such a stark contrast..."
Ji Baixin fully expressed her feelings regarding this dress.
The previously ruined stage was suddenly recaptured by Ji Baixin’s alluring charm.
So it seems.
Underneath every creation, a designer pours so many emotions.
This must be what a true designer is like.
Ji Baixin said, "I believe that every relationship, regardless of whether it ends with a perfect conclusion or incomplete beauty, it can be captured by a single color. And my ’unrequited love’ is captured in deep gray."
Having said that,
she bowed.
She seed very modest.
All the attendees were captivated by Ji Baixin’s explanation.
It wasn’t just a presentation of a dress, but also a sowhat incomplete, lancholic story.
A mont of silence.
Then the venue erupted in applause.
A sign of their approval.
Daniel also clapped his hands, "I’ve always thought that designers wouldn’t flourish in Yanshang Country, but I must admit, my opinion has changed sowhat now. I appreciate emotional designers. I’m a sentintal person too. Over the years, there’s this one person that I can’t forget, but will never be able to obtain. Whenever I think of them, I am filled with inspiration. I desire to dedicate all my finest designs to them..."
Of course,
Mo Xiuyuan, that man, has no use for them.
Every year he mailed so of his designs to him.
Apparently, they were all cremated.
That jerk!
After all these years, he remains fixated on Lu Manman.
Admittedly, he too had been attracted to Lu Manman, but in the end, he was more beautiful and enchanting than any woman. That man, Mo Xiuyuan, must be blind!
"No wonder Mr. Daniel’s designs are so moving." Ji Baixin complinted.
Daniel smiled slightly, appearing not to want to discuss his own affairs, "I’m delighted to have witnessed such an exquisite piece. Here’s the business card of the Chief Executive Officer of S&King, a luxury brand under the Alice Group. If you’re interested in joining us, you can directly contact him."
Ji Baixin looked at Daniel in surprise.
Daniel smiled at the corner of his mouth, his age-defying charm still evident, he turned and faced all the spectators, "Regardless of whatever has happened before, as a judge, I officially declare that Miss Ji Baixin wins this competition with perfection. Congratulations to her."
The place burst into relentless applause again.
With the competition over, Daniel left with his team.
In the anwhile, Ji Baixin was surrounded by reporters.
One reporter, evidently excited, asked, "Miss Ji, you finally cleared your na! Do you have anything else to say about that scumbag Li Wenjun?"
"Nothing. I don’t even want to hear that scumbag’s na anymore." Ji Baixin responded candidly.
"Your design received Daniel’s recognition, which is the highest honor globally. How do you feel?"
"I’m really glad, and I’m surprised that Daniel appreciated so much. At the sa ti, I really want to thank that friend who inspired ."
"Can you reveal who he is?" a gossip-hungry reporter asked.
Ji Baixin shook her head.
"Miss Ji, do you have feelings for that friend? Your ’unrequited love’ seems to suggest you can’t have the one you love, so you’re suppressing these feelings, are you hiding sothing?" The reporter pressed on vehently .
Ji Baixin’s gaze fell on Yin Qin to the side.
Yin Qin had been there from the start.
He was sitting there, waiting for her.
Seeing Ji Baixin’s hesitation,
one reporter cried out loud, "Is it Yin Qin? Is it because of Li Wenjun? Is it because of Li Wenjun, this junk of a man, you missed your chance with Yin Qin who treats you so well? Now that Yin Qin is married and even has a child, you can’t express your feelings anymore, can you? You have to suppress and restrain yourself, don’t you?"
All eyes were on Ji Baixin.
Hoping for her response.
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